Wardrobe-bedstead.



No. 879,050. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908. W. E. INGRAM & C. W. HINTON.

WARDROBE BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED JANA, 1907 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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WARDROBE BEDSTBAD. APPLICATION-FILED 11.4, 1907.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER E. INGRAM AND CHARLES W. HINTON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WARDROBE-BEDSTE AD Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed Jammy 4:. 1907. Serial No. 350.861-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER E. INGRAM and CHARLES W. HINTON, both citizens of the United States, residing at Los Angeles,

in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates more particularly to that class of wardrobe-bedsteads called cabinet beds; and the object thereof is to provide a folding bed that will fold up into a cabinet with the bottom of the bed forming a closure for the cabinet and in which the bed when turned down for use will swing out of the cabinet, so that the head of the sleeper when lying on the bed will be entirely out of the cabinet and in which a simple and ineXpensive closure is provided for the recess in the cabinet above the head of the bed.

We accomplish this object by the bedstead described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which show the cabinet constructed as a closet or recess ofi the room.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bedstead in its lowered position or the position of use, with portions broken away for clearness of illustration, a fragment of the wall of the room being shown. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bedstead in the position of nonuse and folded into the cabinet, one side of the cabinet being removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the bedstead in its lowered position for use with one side of the cabinet removed. Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the leg locking catches. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the bedstead positioned for use with an automatic connection for lowering and raising the curtain. Fig. 6 is a detail of the curtain raising spring.

In the drawings 5 are the side rails of the bedstead which are connected together at the foot by thefoot boards 6 and at the other end by the head board 7, which is preferably constructed in two parts united by hinges 8 when it is desired to have a head board as high as the foot board. The upper or hinged section may be omitted if desired.

9 is the bottom of the bedstead which may be constructed of any ornamental shape to disguise the character of the opening when the bed is closed into the cabinet. Any ornamental design may be used, such as an imitation mantel or a pier glass could be mounted thereon, and many other designs could be used. When the bedstead is in its closed position as shown in Fig. 2 the bottom 9 forms a closure of the opening into the cabinet 10. To the side walls of the cabinet and above the head board when the bed is folded down out of the cabinet for use, are pivotally secured the. curved supporting bars 11. At the head of the side rails are pins 13 which engage vertical grooves 10 in the sides of the casing. By this means the head of the bed is forced to move in a vertical line and it follows that when the bed is in the open position the bed frame will be almost completely out of the recess. The points of attachment of curved bars 11 are such that the head of bed will just touch the floor of the recess when the bed is turned up as shown in Fig. 2.

Pivotally secured to the side rails near the head of the bed is the U-shaped weight frame 13 provided with the counter-balancing weights 13*. The weights on this frame engage the floor in the recess a little before the bedstead assumes its vertical position so that their weight is taken off the bedstead and it does not assume the vertical position with a snap or rush. Vhen starting to lower the bedstead for use the weights do not affect the lowering of the bedstead at first. After the bedstead is partly lowered pins 14 at the head of the side rails engage the weight frame and it then acts as a counter-balance. By this construction the bedstead can be started easily in either direction and the counter-balance weights are rendered inoperative at those points of movement of the bedstead at which they are no longer necessary and from which points they would be objectionable.

Pivotally secured to the foot board are the supporting legs 15 which near the bottom end thereof are connected by a cross bar 16. Secured to the foot board adjacent to these legs are the leg locking catches 17 which consist of the locking bolt 18 which passes through a barrel 19 and is provided with a handle 20 exterior said barrel. A collar 21 is secured to the bolt within the barrel and a spiral spring 22 surrounds the bolt and holds the same with the outer end spring pressed outwardly. As shown in the drawmgs when supporting the foot of the bedstead these legs curve first outwardly and then inwardly, thereby forming a sort of shoulder at 23 upon which bolt 18 rests when the legs are locked in their supporting osition as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. By re easing these locking catches the legs can be turned or folded over upon the bedstead so that the cross bar 16 will operate as a detent to hold the bed clothes (not shown) upon the wire-spring mattress 24 with which the bed is provided. These legs project above the pivot 25 which unites them to the foot board and this end is long enough to be caught by the locking catches when the legs are turned over on the bedstead as shown in Fig. 2. To close the opening above the bed when the same is turned down out of the cabinet for use we provide a curtain 26 which is mounted on an ordinary Hartshorn roller 27 so that the curtain may be easily raised or lowered when desired.

In Fig. 5 we have shown an automatic device for lowering the curtain to close the opening above the head of the bed when the bed is folded down out of the cabinet. This device consists of a cord 28, one end of which is fastened to the lower end of the curtain and the other end is fastened to the floor 29 at the back of the recess. This cord runs around direction changing pulleys 30 and 31 secured to the floor within the recess and over a pulley 32 secured to the head board which is formed without a joint therein. The curtain is secured to a spring roller 33 which is in all respects like a Hartshorn roller, except that the end dogs and ratchet to the Hartshorn rollers is omitted and as the bedstead is lowered out of the cabinet the movement of the head board upwardly causes the curtain to be drawn down to close the opening against the power of the spring in the roller and when the bedstead is turned up into the recess the power of the spring will roll the curtain up on the roller out of the road of the bedstead.

By this construction we have provided a bedstead that may be closed up into a closet,

recess or cabinet when not in use and which will fold down out of the cabinet and swing out of the same far enough to permit the head of the sleeper to be entirely outside of the cabinet when using the same. We have also provided cheap and efiicient means for closing the opening above the head of the bed when in use, thereby cutting out any unsightly appearance and preventing any draft. Usually such recesses are vented and without such a closure a draft would be caused to sweep over the head of the sleeper.

Having described our invention what we claim is 1. In a recess bed, a bed frame, supporting bars for the head of said frame pivotally at tached to the walls of the recess and to the bed frame near the head thereof, pins upon the sides of said frame, and a counterbalancing frame pivoted upon said pins to move within the recess, said pins extending beyond the pivotal connection with said counterbalancing frame, to engage vertical grooves in the side walls of the recess.

2. In a cabinet bedstead, automatic means for closing the front of the recess above the head of the bedstead, comprising a spring operated roller; a curtain mounted thereon; direction changing pulleys secured to the floor within the recess; a roller secured to the head board of the bedstead; and a cord having one end secured to the curtain and the other end to the floor, said cord passing over said rollers.

In witness that We claim the foregoing we have hereunto subscribed our names this 29th day of December, 1906.

WALTER E. INGRAM. CHARLES W. HINTON. Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, EDMUND A. STRAUSE. 

